City of Bossier City 620 Benton Road, Bossier City Municipal Complex Courtyard between Municipal Building & Civic Center Bossier City Louisiana 71111
Date:
Summer 1988. Dedicated Sept. 21, 1988
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana survey, 1996.
Image on file.
(Front of stele, above relevant bust, incised lettering:) JEFFERSON WASHINGTON MADISON (Lower front of stele, incised lettering:) IN CELEBRATION OF THE/BICENTENNIAL OF THE SIGNING/OF THE CONSTITUTION FOR THE/UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/GALVEZ CHAPTER/SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION/1988 (Rear of stele, incised lettering:) (SAR symbol)/PRAISE THE POWER THAT HATH/MADE AND PRESERVED US AS A/NATION AND THIS BE OUR MOTTO/"IN GOD IS OUR TRUST"/DEDICATED SEPT. 21, 1988/MONUMENT COMMITTEE/O. DELTON HARRISON, Jr./EDDIE P. MAYS/HOWARD T. SHERMAN/WILLIAM J. SNEED/THOMAS N. WILLIAMS (Side of stele:) CENTRAL MONUMENT/BRYAN C. RAWLS/RONNIE W. GREEN signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Commemorative stele with relief bust portraits of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison in recessed arched setting on the upper front. The stele is mounted upon a rectangular foundation.
